Carline.



F. W. WOLFF.

CARLINL' APPLICATION FILED 1AN.'16.1911.

1 /6u Patented Nov. 27, 1917.

FRANK w. WOLFE, or PARNASSUS, PENNSYLVANIA. AssIaNon so P. n. MHY COM- PANY, or PARNASSUS, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

CARLINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented Nov. 2?, Edit.

Application filed January 16, 1917. Serial No. 142,583.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, FRANK W. WOLFE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Parnassus, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carlines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to forged steel carlines for freight cars, and particularly to carlines made from commercial shapes such as I-bars, channels and Z-bars. The objects of the invention are to produce a light, strong, inexpensive carline, which will take up little head room in the car and which does not require the side plates to be deeply notched where its ends are, secured to them.

g Further objects and details of the invendrawings. For a further statement of what the invention consists in, reference is made to the appended claim.

In the drawings, wherein the same reference characters are used to designate the same or similar parts in the several views,

Figure 1 is a plan view of an end portion of a carline embodying my-invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross'sectional view of the carline taken on the line 33 in Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated.

' The carline 39 shown in the drawings c0mprises an I-section member arranged with its webvertical, and bent downward on each side of the middle to conform to the pitch of the car roof. The ends ofthe carline are cut off square and its top flange has its edges bent up between the seats for the ridge pole and purlins to position these members where they belong. The end portion of the line, and are securely riveted together;

This arrangement causes the top and bottom flanges to converge toward the ends of the carline, and diminishes the height of the carline at the eaves. I

A separate end bracket member 40, which has a bifurcated stem portion 41 arranged with one branch on each side of the web of the carline, is securelyriveted to each end of the carline 39 for securing it to the side plates. I

It is evident that further modifications of the invention can be made, and the invention is not restricted to the form shown.

I claim as my invention:

In combination with a car, a carline comprising a main member having top and bottom flanges, and a web disposed vertically, said web terminating at the innersides of the side plates, and the ends of said web being split lengthwise and the split portions lapped and riveted together at their ends whereby said flanges converge toward the ends of the carline, and extension portions projecting over the side plates in line with said top flange to support said carline from the side plates, said extension portions comprising bifurcations embracing said lapped split portions and riveted thereto by the "rivets which secure said split ends together.

Signed at New Kensington, Pa, this 8th day of January, 1917.

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